Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19237, Philip Failing, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
Failing, Philip Margaret
W. 19237
CONTENTS

Set to Hon. Mr. S. Wabbel Dec. 15. 43 20.00 " to H. H. Sylvester 14. Sept. 1844
Det. 595-
New York
Philip Hailing
 Philip Hailing of Montgomery Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Hume of the Regt. commanded by Col. Kleck in the N.Y. State Militia line for 15 days. 
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 50 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Jan 1834 and sent to Hon: E. Howells N Rep.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1853. $126.65 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 34 - 25.33 $151.98
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 101

State of New York Stuben County ss On this sixteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas of the Common Pleas of the said County now sitting Philip Failing a resident of Luray in the County and State aforesaid aged sixty seven years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That in the summer of the year 1779 he entered a Company stationed at Palatine in the then County of Tryon now Montgomery where he had previously resided. That the said Company was commanded by a Capt Christian House and was attached to a Regiment commanded by Col. Jacob Klock. That he entered said Company at first as a Substitute and that he served a said three successive weeks. That one of said weeks he was a substitute for Jacob G. Failing. Another of said weeks as a substitute for Conrad Meliker and the third week as a substitute for Hans Lepner. That during the said term of three weeks he remained at the said town of Palatine and was engaged together with the said Company in securing the County of Tryon with a view of clearing it of Indians and Tories by whom it was at that time very much infested. That after the said time had expired he remained at his place of residence in the said town of Palatine until some time in the Spring of the year 1780 when he was engaged from time to time in the said County of Tryon under the command of the said Capt. House as the service of the County required without any regular enlistment. That he was some times engaged in scouting under the command of the said Capt. One, two or three or more days as he was from time to time required. That he was at times engaged in the said last mentioned service until the month of June in the year last aforesaid when he enlisted at Palatine aforesaid in a Company commanded by Capt. John Bigbread which was attached to the Regiment commanded by a Col. Dubois as he thinks that his recollection as to the name of the Col. is incorrect that the said Regiment was under the command of Genl. Van Rensselaer. That said enlistment was for the term of four months. That he remained with the said Company at Palatine aforesaid some time, when he was detached with about twenty soldiers to drive some cattle to the

German Flatts now Herkimer for the support of the forces then stationed at the latter place, that on the evening of their Arrival At Herkimer they received orders to go up the Mohawk the next morning for the purpose of quarding the boats then paking up that river to fort Stanwix with provisions for that place - that there was no commissioned officer with that part of the Company to which he belonged, then at Herkimer And the men refused to obey the said orders except himself And one other supposing they were not bound to do so and returned to Palatine and rejoined the said Company - that he with one other person of the said Company in pursuance of the said orders, Marched with other forces up the river on the Service aforesaid - that they continued their march until about three o'clock of that day when they discovered the enemy consisting of about 700 Indians And Tories who were scattered through the woods around them - that they remained at the place where they discovered the said enemy for about ten days behind a small breastwork thrown up for that purpose - that at the expiration of the said ten days they were relieved by a body of five or six hundred men under the immediate command of Lieut. Van Rensselaer - that in the said body was the Company to which he was originally attached and which he re- joined at that place - that upon such reinforcement Arriving the enemy retreated and the whole force under the Command of Lieut. Van Rensselaer marched to fort Stanwix - that after delivering the said provisions they returned immediately to Palatine that he remained at and about Palatine some time when they moved to Herkimer where they lay several weeks and until the enemy returned in considerable force to Stone Arabia within the bounds of the said town of Palatine - that they then received orders to march for that place to the relief of Col. Brown then stationed there and immediately started for that place where they arrived the following day in the after- noon - that on the forenoon of the day of their arrival Col. Brown had attacked the enemy and was entirely defeated and was himself killed - that on their arrival they pursued the enemy and overtook them near the Mohawk - where engaged them and completely de- feated them, driving them through the Mohawk and retook from them all the cattle and provisions they had seized and captured one cannon which they had with them and returned to Herkimer where
FAILING, PHILIP (M.4) W-19237

he remained until his discharge - that during the said period he was a part of the time under the command of a Major Penscoter - that he served a half month over the time for which he originally enlisted owing to the unsettled state of the country - that he did not when he was discharged as aforesaid receive a written discharge.
That in the Spring of the year 1780 he again enlisted at Palatine aforesaid in a Company commanded by Lawrence Ross attached to the Regiment commanded by Col. Marinus Willett and joined the said Company at Fort Plain that the head quarters of the said Regiment were at that place and that he was employed scouting about the country the most of the time until in the month of July when the enemy consisting of about 300 Indians were discovered strongly posted in a thick cedar swamp in Darlagh now the town of Sharon Schoharie County and information of that fact was immediately conveyed to Col. Willett that Col. Willett immediately ordered out the forces under his command and started out in the edge of the evening to attack the Indians in their encampment - that on their route they were joined by Major McKean with a small force - that the night was very dark and they travelled through the woods until near daylight when they came near the encampment of the enemy - that the force was then divided into two parties one of which was under the command of Col. Willett and the other under the command of Major McKean and stationed in two parallel lines behind the trees and brush that the applicant was under the command of Maj. McKean and that after they were so stationed two men were sent out to draw the Indians from their camp - that the men went up in sight of the Indians who immediately pursued them and were led by the men between the two lines where they were attacked and entirely beaten - that the applicant during the first part of the engagement was placed near Maj. McKean and was by close by his side when he received a wound from a ball of which he died the following evening - that they then returned to Fort Plain where they remained until the month of August when they were again employed in scouting and also in cutting the grain in Darlagh which belonged to the

FAILING, PHILIP (N.Y.) W-19237
ories and conveying it to Fort Plain - that in the latter part of the month of August a party of about 500 British Tories and Indians came from Canada to Johnstown and posted themselves there - that the applicant was engaged in the battle at that place against this force - that Col. Willett and Col. Harper commanded the American forces at that place - that he recollects distinctly having seen Walter Butts lying dead on the shore of the West Canada Creek where he had been killed by an Indian while he was retreating from the battle of Johnstown - that from Johnstown he returned to Fort Plain where he remained until his said term of nine months had expired when he was discharged at that place - that he did not receive a written discharge - that he returned to Palatine aforesaid and in the year 1782 he was out at different times during the summer and fall of that year under the command of Col. Willett but that he is unable to state how often or how long he was engaged that he did not enlist but turned out whenever there was a call made upon him and when the emergency had passed returned again to his home - that he was born at the said town of Palatine on the 14. February 1765 that he has the original record kept by his father of the ages of the family now in his possession - that from Palatine he removed to Canajoharie in the County of Montgomery after the close of the war and remained there about twenty years when he removed to Saspe his present place of residence where he has resided ever since that time - that the annexed affidavit of Jacob L. Failing is the only evidence of his services that he has been able after a diligent search to procure - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state - That in his present neighborhood he is acquainted
with Andrew Simpson, Andrew Brong, John Deck, Rev. Samuel Cady, Adam Metzman, Nicholas Metzman, William Hunter and others who can testify as to his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.
Subscribed this day before me and sworn
H. S. Rumsay Secy A.R. Steuben County
Philip Failing

State of New York Steuben County } Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Steuben Philip Tailing in the annexed paper named and who made and subscribed the annexed Declaration who being duly sworn deposed & saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he can not swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection and belief he served not less than sixteen months and eighteen days as a private and for such services claim a pension -
Subscribed & sworn this 29th day of June 1833 before me - Wm Hamilton J.P.
Philip Tailing
State of New York Steuben County ss.
I William H. Bull Clerk of the said County of Steuben do hereby certify that William Hamilton Esq. before whom the above affidavit appears to have taken was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for said County. And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and truly believe the signature of William Hamilton thereto subscribed is genuine - Witness my hand and seal of office this 10th day of July 1833.
Wm H. Bull. Pr. A. C. Switzer D.C.

State of New York Montgomery County ss. I, Jacob J. Failing & Conrad Belleas both of the Town of Oppenheim in said County being severally sworn by me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, according to law, do depose & swear as follows. That is the said Jacob J. Failing for himself says on his oath that he is aged about seventy two years - that he is the brother of Philip Failing who has, as he has been told by him made application for a Pension. That he said Philip during the Revolutionary War when not in actual service, lived together. That he well remembers that said Philip served in the United States' service during the revolutionary war - that his memory is poor & in consequence cannot precisely state his said brother's services but gives the same to the best of his recollection. That he recollects that he said Jacob was drafted as a private out of the Company whereof Christian House was Capt. in the Regt. whereof Jacob Klock was Col. that he was to serve in Remsenburgh - that said Philip became his substitute in this service - this was according to the best of his recollection in the year 1779 but the day & month he cannot recollect - that his brother Philip went as such substitute & after an absence of about 8 days returned home - when said Jacob told him he had served in Remsenburgh - so he has always since understood was the fact - he thinks it was in the fall of that year this service was done, but undertakes to swear so positively he cannot.
That he also remembers that some men were drafted out of the Company whereof Christian House was Capt. in the Regt. whereof Jacob Klock was the Col. in the year 1780 according to his recollection. That his brother Philip became his substitute - the reason of his brother becoming his substitute as aforesaid is that their father was taken by the Indians a prisoner & that the family of his father depended on said Jacob to take care & provide for them while he did, & that said Philip was younger & considered not so capable to take care of the family of their father. It was sometime he thinks in the summer of this year that said Philip became such substitute as last mentioned. but the particular time he cannot swear - he remembers that said Philip left home for last mentioned service was gone sometime, he should say between 4 & 5 months - on the return of said Philip home he stated then & often since that he

had served in the last mentioned Service in the Company whereof M c . Bighead or Breadluck was Capt n in the off
That he said Jacob was engaged as a soldier in the pursuit of Major Ross by the forces under the Command of Col n M c . Willett and - that he saw his brother also in the service at said time under Capt n Lawrence Grop in the United States Service - that was, he thinks, in the fall of 1781. he sa saw his brother in last mentioned Service - that his brother during the war since often told him he served nine months under Capt n Grop - so he has also heard from others - the same name - That he has no doubt from the absence of his brother from home that he served for the period of nine months, as last mentioned - that he understood from said Philip that he had enlisted in said Company as a private.
Said Jacob further says, that his brother was often absent from home & said to be in the service of the United States, besides the period before mentioned - but he cannot say that he saw him in the service except at Fort Plain in the year 1782, & exact the time, before mentioned by him to have seen him -
That he saw said Philip in the summer of the year 1782 at Fort Plain in Minden, in the service in said Fort in standing guard & doing duty - that he saw him often during said year in said Fort in the service - he has heard said Philip often relate of his being engaged in the Turloc & battle - in the battle at Johnstown - & in the skirmish with his John Johnson -
Conrad Hellegas for himself says, that he was a soldier of the revolution & is aged about 72 years - that he heard in the revolutionary war that Philip Hailing then a resident of Tryon County now County of Montgomery & who now resides as he is told in the

Town of Jasper in the County of Dutchess, served in the United States Service in the revolutionary War - That according to the best of his recollection he was drafted out of the Company whereof Christopher Fox was Capt. after whom John Kels Capt. after him Peter Haggone Lieut. was Capt. of said Company in the Regt. whereof Jacob Klock was Col. - but cannot recollect which of said Captains named by him was at the time he was so drafted the Capt. of said Company - He cannot recollect said - that when he was so drafted he received a bounty of money - he did not serve, but procured said Philip Failing as his substitute as a private - that said Philip was quite young at the time, he was fearful he would not be accepted as his substitute, but he was because he was smart & lively for his age. that he cannot recollect for how long he was drafted - That he was drafted, according to his recollection, in the year 1780 or 1781, in the Spring of that year, but cannot say what month or day - he knows that said Philip went as his substitute & served, as he understood, for the period he was to serve - that in consequence of the loss of his memory by reason of his age, he cannot state further or more particularly the service rendered by said Philip during the revolutionary war - but recollects that he always understood in the war & after, that said Failing had done a great deal of service & had been a true & good soldier, of which he never heard a doubt expressed -
Sworn to & subscribed this 20 th day of June A.D. 1833. before me
Jacob J. Failing Conrad Hellegas
Michael Loarnis Justice of the peace
State of New York, Columbia County. S. Personally appeared before me the subscribers a Justice of the peace in & for said County, the above named Jacob J. Failing & Conrad Hellegas who signed above were sworn to the truth of the same by me & certify that I am well acquainted with them & that they are credible & respectable persons of fair standing & character & that their aforesaid statements are entitled to full credit & belief - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 20 th day of June 1833 -
Michael Loarnis Justice of the peace
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State of New York Montgomery County } ss. I, George D. Ferguson Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Ashbel Doolittle before whom the foregoing affidavit of said A.ailing & Conrad Hellagas purports to have been sworn & by whom the foregoing Certificate purports to have been signed, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County - that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, & hereby believe that his name subscribed to the said affidavit & said Certificate to be his proper hand writing & signature - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my office this 21 st day of June A. D.
1833
The name of Ashbel Doolittle was written on a blotted place
R. H. Cushman
Geo. D. Ferguson Clerk for R. H. Cushman Dep Clerk

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State of New York Steuben County ss
On this eighth day of March in the year eighteen hundred & forty four personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for Steuben County Margaret Failing a resident of the town of Jasper in the said County of Steuben aged seventy eight years on the first day of March last who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Philip Failing who was a private in the Revolutionary Army & served during three summers under Col. Marinus Willett & Capt. Bigbead as she has been frequently informed by her said husband during his life time. That she does not know the other officers under whom he served that he was in an action at Johnstown & in the action at Oriskany (sometimes spelt Mohock) she cannot state the precise time he left the service but that her said husband Philip Failing was a pensioner of the United States & drew at the rate of fifty dollars and sixty six cents. reference being had to the papers on file in the Pension Office will more fully appear. She further declares that she was married to the said Philip Failing on the fifteenth day of April in the year seventeen hundred and eighty eight that her husband the aforesaid Philip Failing died on the seventeenth day of May eighteen hundred & forty two: that she was not married to him prior to his leaving service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred & ninety four at the time above stated. She further states she has no documentary evi-

idence of the facts above stated except the pension certificate of the said Philip Failing & the records taken from the German Psalm book. That her marriage took place in what was called the town of Palatine in the County of Montgomery.
Sworn & Subscribed On the day & year above written before. W m Hamilton Clerk
Margaret her Failing mark
State of New York
Stenben County ss } I William Hamilton Clerk of the County of Stenben, and of the Courts of Common Pleas, & General Sessions of the Peace of said County, do hereby Certify that Margaret Failing the person named in the above declaration, did on the day of the date there- -of, personally appear in Open Court before the Judges thereof, and in presence of the said Court did Subscribe the said declaration and make Oath to the truth there- -of. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed my Seal of Office this Eighth day of March AD 1844.
W m Hamilton Clerk

Philip Faling and Margaret Summer min was married 15 th day of April 1788
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MARGARET
FALING
Psalm Book
February 18 th A.D. 1788
Decorative calligraphic flourishes

Margaret Timmerman
Margaret Timmerman
Her Palm Book
Bough in Albany on
Tuesday the 12 th
February - A.D. 1788.
Yours Truly

Neu-vermehrt-und vollständi
Gesang-Buch
Wortnen sowohl die
Psalmen Davids,
Nach
D. AMBROSII Lobwassers
Ubersetzung hin und wieder verbessert,
Als auch
700. auserlesener alter und neuer
Geistreichen Lieder
begriffen sind,
Welche anjetzo sämtlich
in denen Reformirten Kirchen
der Hessisch - Hanauischen und vielen andern
angrenzenden Landen zu singen gebräuchlich,
in nützliche Ordnung eingetheilt,
Auch
Mit dem Hesselbergischen Catechismo und erbaulichen Gebätern versehen.
Mit Ihro Röm. Kaiserl. Maj. allergnädigst-ertheilten Privilegio
Marburg und Frankfurt,
Bei Heinrich Ludwig Brönner, 1782

Abtheilung der Psalmen, auf eines jeden Stand und Zeit gerichtet.    Der Obrigkeit dienen Ps. 61. 82  Von den sieben Geboten 15. 34    Nähren und Richten 15. 101  Vom Christlichen Glauben 16    Den Unterthanen 10. 11. 72  Vom Gebot des Herrn 67    Den Lehrern 134  Von der Erschaffung 104. 148    Den Zuhörern 19. 119. 123  Vom Leben Christi 22. 69    Den Schulmeistern 34  Von der Auferstehung Christi 110    Den Lehrern 78  Von der Himmelfahrt Christi 47    Den Eheleuten insgemein 127  Von Sendung des H. Geistes 68    Den Eheleuten 104. 107. 128  Von der Zukunft zum Gerichte 50    Den Ehefrauen 113  Am Morgen 92    Den Kindern 8  Am Abend 34    Den Hausherren und Frauen 108  Vor dem Essen 145    Den Knechten und Mägden 123  Nach dem Essen 147    Den Alten 71. 92  Zur Zeit des Ungewitters 29    Den Jungen 1  In Ansehung der Sünden 38. 73    Den Handwerksleuten 15. 127  Wider die Verleumder 120. 140    Den Reisenden 107. 139  In Hunger und Theuerung 37    Den Reichen 62  In Verfolgung 74. 79. 80. 83. 137    Den Armen 17  In Kriegs-Gefahr 18. 20. 35. 41    Allen insgemein 119  46. 60. 124. 144    Vor dem Heil. Nachtmahl 51  In Sterbens-Läufte 91    Nach dem Heil. Nachtmahl 103. 112  In Krankheiten 6. 103. 130. 143    Wider die Feinde 115. 135  In Todes-Nöthen 25     Bei den Begräbnissen 90  
I. Von Christo und seinem Reich, 2. 16. 22. 69. 70. 72. 98. 99. 110. 118. II. Lehr-Psalmen, 1. 15. 19. 40. 45. 50. 78. 87. 101. 106. 107. 112. 119. 122. 125. 127. 128. 131. 133. III. Buß-Psalmen, 6. 32. 38. 51. 102. 130. 142. IV. Bat-Psalmen, 3. 4. 5. 7. 10. 13. 17. 20. 25. 26. 27. 28. 31. 35. 39. 42. 43. 44. 54. 55. 56. 57. 59. 60. 61. 63. 64. 67. 71. 74. 79. 80. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 88. 89. 90. 94. 108. 109. 120. 123. 132. 137. 140. 141. 142. V. Kraft-Psalmen, 11. 12. 14. 36. 37. 49. 52. 53. 58. 62. 73. 77. 91. 93. 115. 121. 126. 129. VI. Dank-Psalmen, 8. 9. 18. 21. 23. 24. 29. 30. 33. 34. 41. 46. 47. 48. 65. 66. 68. 75. 76. 81. 92. 95. 100. 103. 104. 105. 111. 113. 114. 116. 117. 124. 134. 135. 136. 138. 139. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150.
Psalmen/ so einerley Melodey oder Chorus sind.    Der 5 und 64 31 und 71 66. 58 und 118   14 und 53 33 und 67 74 und 116   17. 63 und 70 36 und 68 77 und 86   18 und 144 46 und 82 78 und 90   24. 62. 95 und 111 51 und 69 100. 131 und 142   28 und 109 60 und 108 117 und 127   80. 76. und 139 65 und 72 140 und die Sieben Gebot.   Dis t ist an statt der Wausa gesetz worden.
Catarina wert 1775 geboren den 5 Decem ber im Jar 1788  Danil wert uns geboren den 25 Decem im Jar 1792  Adam wert uns geboren den 25 March im Jar 1795  Maria wert 1792 geboren den 21 Februar im Jar 1798

State of New York
Herkben County p: 3 Adam Failing being duly sworn says that he resides in the Town of Jasper in Delaware County & has resided there nine teen years that he was born in the County of Montgomery on the 25 th day of March 1795 that he is the son of Philip & Margaret Failing that the German Psalm Book from which annexed leaves were taken has been in this family of the said Philip & Margaret ever since his recollection that the entries there made have also been there since his earliest recollection that he does not know by whom they were so made - That said leaves contain the record of the births of the Children of the said Margaret & Philip that he had a Sister Catherine & Daniel his brother older than himself - This deponent fur- ther says that the said Philip resided with this deponent until his death which took place the 17 day of May eighteen hundred & forty two That said Philip & Margaret his parents always lived together as man & wife & were so treated by their friends & acknowledged their children that he has never lived apart from his said parents they having resided with this deponent ever since he came to man's estate & that the said Margaret is still a widow -
Subscribed and sworn
Adam Failing
This 8. day of March
1844 before me
J. Parsons First Judge Said County

Rev 19, 237
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19237
Margaret Hailing
Widow of
Philip Hailing
Dis. Rev War.
Act: Feb 29, 48
Index:—Vol. 1, Page 227
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dec. 5-1902 Philip Gailly - Canisteo N.Y.

State of New York Montgomery County } I James Ferguson Deputy Clerk in the absence of George D. Ferguson Clerk of the said County do certify that John Vedder Esq whose name is sub- scribed to the within affidavit was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the peace in and for the town of Oppenheim in said County of Montgomery and duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am well ac- quainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature of "John Vedder" subscribed to the said affidavit is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said County this first day of August 1832
James Ferguson Deputy Clerk
FAILING, PHILIP (N.Y.) W-19237

I do know of Philip Failing Serving in the Revolution- ary war in the militia of the State of New York and County of Tryon since Montgomery and that he served the time and years which followed In the year 1779 three weeks as a substitute for me one and Conrad Helker one week for You Loper one week In the 1780 he served under Captain John Bigbee four months July August September and October he served 9 months in the year 1781 under Captain Lawrence Cross being enlisted for the time And that he was called to serve as a militiaman some times in the year 1782
The undersigned Do certify that the above is a true Statement of Philip Failing Serving as a Listed Soldier in Last Revolution War Sworn and Subscribed Before me { Jacob J. Failing This first Day of August 1432 In the Town of Oppenheim Montgomery County John Redder justice

In the matter of the Application of Philip Stirling for a pension
M c Wood Bath N.Y.

We Samuel Cady a Clergyman residing in Poughkeepsie adjacent to Tazewell and John Deck a resident of Tazewell in said County of Tazewell hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Philip Tailing who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals the day and year aforesaid K. S. Murray Sep Clerk Tazewell County
Samuel Cady John Deck
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Cady who has signed the foregoing certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Poughkeepsie near the said Town of Tazewell and the nearest one to the residence of the applicant. Also that John Deck who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Tazewell and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit -
I Martin G. Murray Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Tazewell do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Philip Tailing for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
K. S. Murray Sep Clerk Tazewell County

Herk Co. N.Y. Clerks Office
I a Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas hereby certify that the within & annexed are the original papers presented to said Court in the matter of the application of Philip Failing for a pension and that upon said papers the opinion of said Court in said matter was as follows viz With my hand & seal of office this 10 July 1833
J. C. Switzer

10697 March 18 1844. Margaret Failing.
N.Y.
Act. Y. July 38.
due in March 44.
recd March 44.
not on Redfield's my
account
July - 4 mo. 16 d/yr
25. 10 / 100
no deduction -
also units of 43044
25. 10 / 100 8579 484
For Mr. Oliver H.R.
H.H. Sylvester

State of New York
Herkimer County ss Elizabeth Smith being duly sworn says that she now resides in the town of Jasper county aforesaid & has resided there for the space of thirty two years that she is now sixty eight years old & upward that she formerly resided in the county of Montgomery. That she knows Margaret Failing thus known her from her ear- liest recollection that said Margaret resided in the same neighborhood that she recollects the time the said Margaret was reputed to have married Philip Failing though she was not then present at the wedding that they lived together as husband & wife until the death of the said Philip & raised a family of children that she has with the exception of about ten years lived a neighbor to the said Philip & Margaret that they have always been treated by their friends as husband & wife & so reputed among their neighbors.
Subscribed & sworn
before me this 8.
day of March 1844
J. Larow First
Judge of said County
Elizabeth her Smith mark

Report
Inverness 9973
New York
Margaret Hailing Widow of Philip Hailing who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 18th May 1842 of Steuben Co. the State of N.Y. who was a Private in the Comp'y. commanded by Captain Horn of the Regt commanded by Col. Klock in the Revolution time for 13 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 50 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Oct. 1848, and sent to Hon.
Truman Smith, Member of Congress Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by The Dunskin Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 . Page 157 Inc. from $25.10. Deduct all former payments.

New York 9973
Margaret Failing
Widow of Philip Failing who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 18. May 1842, of Steuben Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Horne of the regt. commanded by Col. Keok in the N. York mil. time for
Inscribed on the Roll of Allowance at the rate of 25, Dollars 10 — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of April 1846 and sent to Hon. M. Grove, House of Representatives.
Total amount,
$
[Act July 7, 1838.]
of Resol. of Jan. 23. 1845.
Recorded by Book 2.
D Brown,
Clerk,
Vol. 1.
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7700. Albany, N. York
Margaret Failing
widow of Philip Failing
who was a Private
in the Revolution Vtd 18. May 1842
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 25 Dollars 10
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24. day of April 1846
and sent to Hon. M. Groom House of Representatives
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
4 June 17. 1844
Recorded in Book 21, Vol. 2. Page 75.

Increase New-York - Albany 7700
Report
Margaret Hailing widow of Philip Hailing who was a Private in the Revolution Hudson died 19th May 1842
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Oct. 1848. and sent to
Hon. Truman Smith Member of Congress
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 75
Inc. from $25.10. Credit all former payments was a cash act.

Revolutionary -
Power of Attorney from him of
Philip Tailing N. York peninsular.
For increase etc.
Filed Aug 26, 1853
J. C. Wassler Washington

State of New York County of Steuben
Be it Known, that on this Fifteenth day of July A. D. 185 3 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Adam Failing
resident of West Union in said County, and made oath according to law that he is a Son of the identical Philip Failing whose name, under Act of New York has been placed on the New York Pension Roll at the rate of Fifty Dollars per annum.
That he is credibly informed that the said Pension may and ought to be increased from its commencement and during its continuance; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said increase, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint F. E. Hassler of Washington City , my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Philip Failing for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or INCREASE OF PENSION , that may be due; and for the purpose of establishing additional service by the soldier for whose military duty in the Revolution the aforesaid Pension was granted, I hereby authorize my said Attorney to apply for and obtain from State archives or other sources, certified proofs of such service. To examine all papers or documents in relation to said service on file in the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for any benefit the Certificate for INCREASE which may be issued in satisfaction of said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Pension Agency of this State; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Agent and Attorney shall lawfully do in the premises.
Adam Failing
Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Adam Failing to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged, in whose claim I am in no wise interested. the name " F. E. Hassler " entered in line before signing
N. Sawyer Justice of the Peace
State of New York County of Steuben
It is Hereby Certified, That satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of the United States , at the rate of $ per annum,* and that he died on the day of Eighteen Hundred and leaving surviving the following named (widow and) children and none other, to wit:
I further certified that Nathan Sawyer Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was at the time of so doing a duly authorized Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine; and further, that in the within claim for Increase of Pension I am in no degree interested.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this 16 th day of July 185 3 .
P. P. Nubell Clerk of Steuben County
Office address. 'that she is the widow of,' or "that he, she, or they are the child or children of," &c. known.—6. Give the State where pensioned.—7. Name the yearly amount received.—8. "He is," "she is," or "they are." nature.—*If the Pensioner be living, this part of the Clerk's certificate should be omitted. istrate's name.—13.—Clerk's signature. egoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

State of New York
Steuben County ss. Be it remembered That on the tenth day of April in the year 1846 before me appeared Adam Failing of the town of Jasper in said County to me personally known who being duly sworn by me doth depose & say that he is the son of Philip Failing mentioned in the annexed affidavits & of German descent that the family of the said Philip Failing conversed generally in the German language & that this deponent converses in the same language. That his name of Failing is frequently shortened into Fips & that his father was frequently so named by his friends & acquaintance & this deponent further says that Margaret Failing the widow of the said Philip Failing is still alive -
Sworn before me this 10 th day of April 1846
Adam Failing
G. A. Rogers Judge of County Courts
Steuben County ss. I Gustavus A. Rogers. Judge of the County Courts of Steuben County do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Adam Failing who made the foregoing affidavit & have so known him the last twelve years & that is a reputable & creditable citizen -
G. A. Rogers
State of New York
Steuben County ss: I Paul Blook Clerk of the County Courts of Steuben County do hereby certify that of Sarome Esqr. before whom the annexed affidavits of Adam Failing & of Elizabeth Smith purport to have been sworn was at the date of the same first judge of Steuben County Court

duly commissioned & qualified & that his name subscribed to the jurat of said affidavit I verily believe to be his genuine signature. I further certify that William Hamilton who signed the foregoing was clerk of Steuben County courts at the date thereof that Gustavus A. Rogers before whom the affidavit within was taken is now a judge of the County courts of Steuben County duly commissioned & qualified & that his name subscribed to the jurat of said affidavit I verily believe to be his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this tenth day of April 1846.
Paul Cook Clerk of Steuben County

State of New York } Secretary's office } I certify that on the 25 th day of June 1778 John Keyser was duly appointed and Commissioned a Captain in the Regiment of Militia in the County of Tryon in this State whereof Jacob Klock was Colonel and Peter Waggoner Lieutenant Colonel:
And I further certify that on the 27 th day of April 1781 Lawrence Gros was duly ap- pointed and Commissioned a Captain in the Regiment of Levies raised for the immediate defence of the State whereof Marinus Willett was Lieut. Colonel Commandant.
All which appears by the Minutes of the Council of Appointment in this office.
Rich d Campbell Dep. Sec. of State
Albany Sep. 6. 1845.
Fees 50 cents

In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz :
  31 st Dec 1779. Philip Keling priv Lim 14 2   30 th Nov 1781. Lips Kaling do 16 14 2   31 st Dec do do do 2 13 4      7 mo. 16 d. 
STATE OF NEW-YORK, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, Sept. 6 th 1845.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 284, now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz :
First—under Capt. John Cayser in Col. Peter Wagoner Regt. Second " " Laurence Grops " " Marcus Hillott " Third " " do " " do " Fourth " " " " " " Fifth " " " " " " Sixth " " " " " " Seventh " " " " " " Eighth " " " " " " Ninth " " " " " " Tenth " " " " " "
Philip Shephe Dep Comptroller
fees 50 cents
20. 1. 8 9 50. 145 00 225 7. 15

Increase Margaret Tailing mo of Philip
NY 7 May 1838 act March 1843 and 17 June 44 and joint Resolution of 1 st May 1848
Adm o p 50 - pr an
14 March 1843 to 4 March 1848 adducting what has been paid for same time since at the rate of $25. 10 pr an under said acts.
Adm o act 2 July 48 $50 00
Hon Truman Smith Member of Congress

Declaration
For arrears and increase of Pension under the Acts of 7 th July, 1838 - 3 rd March 1843 - 17 th June 1844 - 7 th May 1846 & 26 th June 1848, and for the benefits of the Joint Resolutions of 23 rd January 1845, and 1 st July 1848, and for renewal of pension under the Act of 2 nd February, 1848.
State of New York } County of Steuben }
On this eighteenth day of September 1848, personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Steuben and State of New York, M rs Margaret Failing, a resident of the Town of Jasper, in the County of Steuben, State of New York, aged 83 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain such increase of pension and arrears of pension, as she may be entitled to under the provisions of the several acts and Joint Resolutions of Congress above recited. I am the widow of Philip Failing, who was a soldier in the New York Militia in the War of the Revolution, and who prior to his decease drew a pension from the United States, at the rate of Fifty Dollars and Sixty-Six cents per annum, under the Act of 7 th June 1832. I have drawn a pension under the Acts of 7 th July 1838 - 3 rd March 1843 and 17 th June 1844, at the rate of Twenty-five dollars and ten cents per annum, and further declare that I am still a widow.
her Margaret Failing mark
In presence of Harvey Andrews Philip W Failing
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above mentioned (eighteenth day of September 1848) before me
Harvey Andrews Justice of the Peace
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit
Harvey Andrews Justice of the Peace

State of New York County of Steuben 3p
I, Paul C. Cook, Clerk of said County, do certify that Harvey Andrews before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn and also by whom the within certificate purports to have been made, was, at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and certificate to be his proper handwriting and signature. Witness my hand and seal of office, this 19 th day of September 1848
Paul C. Cook, Clerk

Philip Failing
Admitted Private 15 mo & 6 days
Discharged Oct 9. 93
Syl. Register - p 54.
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Forrest N.C.
Hon E Borrell
William Woods Bath New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Oct 22. '53.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
Statement,  shewing the Service of Philip Fairling

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
for Thomas ... [illegible] ...

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
March 20 th 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Philip Failing, decd., a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of fifty Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March to the 17 th May 1842.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Harris
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

19737
3-068. (Old No. 3-649.)
(-20)
Bureau of Pensions.
Philip Gailing
Oct 16, 1832 - Born Feb 14, 1865 Died Mar 24 - 67 Palatine N.Y.
79 Palatine N.Y.
Capt Christian House Col Jacob Kloch Pvt 3 wks
Jan 80 Cpt Jno Bigbread Col Debeois Pvt - 4 1/2 m
Apr 81 Cpt Lawrence Graves Col Maxner Willett Pvt 9 mos
Stone Arabia Fort Plain Johnstown
Mrs. Margaret Timmerman Apr 15, 1788 Palatine N.Y. D. May 17, 1842
On

OWTN Pension Office, Department of Interior, Washington D. C.
Will you kindly send to Philip Failing, Canisteo, New York the record of service in the war of the Revolution, of Philip Failing , who was a pensioner living in the town of Cester, Steuben County, New York, & died about 1840.
He enlisted in the New York line and served in several battles.

Washington April 17 th 46.
Rev J L Edwards
Dear Sir
I herewith transmit to you the application & papers of Mr Fairling for a license Be pleased to examine them and advise me
Yours truly Martin Green